Background
Von Brand was born in the German university city Erlangen as the son of the renowned Biology-Chemist Theodor von Brand who was dismissed from his positions as a professor in 1933 due to his opposition to the ruling National-socialists.
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Brown University; George Washington University.
Career
The family came to Maryland in 1936. Von Brand joined the United States Navy in 1944. After his return, his four year studies at the Brown University were financed by the Navy.
Later, he served in the United States Army in the occupation forces in post-war Germany.
He completed his studies by earning his law degree in 1954 from the George Washington University in Washington District of Columbia Von Brand worked for almost fifteen years on antitrust cases at the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, District of Columbia During his legal career he also worked at the Social Security Administration, where he presided over black-lung disability cases brought by Appalachian coal miners. At the Interstate Commerce Commission, he ruled on the need for oversight of cr bureaus.
Until his retirement, he served as an administrative law judge for the United States Department of Labor where he presided over whistleblower cases concerning issues such as the rights of employees complaining of health risks in the workplace and the rights of California farmworkers to adequate working conditions. Von Brand was a descendant of the noble German Brand(t) family.
Neidstein was the residence of the Brandt family since 1466.
The castle became more known in 2006 when Von Brand"s heirs sold the castle to the American actor Nicolas Cage.
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German